Key accused gives up in Dera Bassi murder case
Our Correspondent

Dera Bassi, February 19
Key accused in the murder of Dera Bassi-based property dealer has surrendered to the police today. The accused, Rakesh Mehta, was being interrogated, the police said. Some other persons had also been arrested after Mehta’s surrender, said the police.

Rajesh Kumar Bittu was murdered on Thursday night. The police had registered a case against seven persons.

These included Rakesh Bansal and Shiv Chand Toni of Dera Bassi, and Joga Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Gurmail Singh and Ranbeer Singh of Jawaharpur, other than Rakesh Mehta. Mehta and Toni were absconding, while other five accused had been arrested.

Motorcyclist dies in road mishap
Our Correspondent

Sec 12 murder case
Accused not juvenile, claims Panchkula police
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, February 19
The Panchkula police today declared before court that Akhilesh, accused of murdering a 65-year-old woman in 2011, is 21 years old.

Akhilesh had tried to prove in court that during the time of murder he was a juvenile, hence seeking relief. The police was asked to conduct medical examination of the accused to ascertain his age.

The police today claimed before the court that Akhilesh was 19 years old during the time of murder. It was in August 2011 when Akhilesh, a domestic help, had murdered Shanti Devi, mother of a businessman, to commit theft at her Sector 12 residence.

When her daughter-in-law and two grandchildren returned home early, Akhilesh fled after assaulting them. The children had recently identified the accused in the court.

Missing realtor case
Son, son-in-law to undergo narco test
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, February 19
In the missing realtor Deepak Rai Sagar case, his son and son-in-law today agreed before court to undergo narco test. Fifty-four-year-old Sagar had gone missing along with his Skoda car around three years ago. After the local police failed to trace him, the case was handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation.

The police had sought permission for conducting narco analysis of Sagar’s son Sameer and son-in-law HS Monga, but the court turned down the plea after the family refused to it citing health reasons.

Today, however, both of them agreed to undergo the test. “We want justice to be done. For that we are ready to do anything,” said Sameer.

The police has already conducted the lie detector test on five persons in the case.

Man gets 10-year RI in rape case
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 19
The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Preeti Sahni today sentenced a rickshaw-puller to 10 years rigorous imprisonment in a case of rape under Section 376 of the IPC. The court convicted Sampooran Das and also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on him.

The case was registered in January last year when the police booked Sampooran Das for raping a 25-year-old woman.

The victim had reported to the police that she used to come to the PGI for her treatment regularly and at around 6.30 pm on January 30, she went to the public toilets near the night food street where the accused came and locked the door from behind. He then raped her, she alleged.

The accused tried to flee when the woman raised an alarm. The policemen present at the nearby barrier had nabbed the accused.

2 snatchings in Panchkula

Panchkula, February 19
Two cases of snatching were reported here this evening. Two unidentified motorcycle-borne youths snatched a gold chain worth Rs 1.5 lakh from a resident of Sector 12 while she was standing outside her house.

The second incident took place in Sector-17 market when two unidentified motorcycle-borne youths snatched the purse of a woman.

The victim did not lodge any complaint. — TNS

SPORTS

Jasnoor Singh bags top spot in high jump at school sports meet
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 19
In the ongoing annual sports meet of Yadavindra Public School, Jasnoor Singh of Ranjit House bagged first place in the high jump (boys' U-12) event today. Harmeet Singh of Nalagarh House and Shehbaaz from Aitchison House finished second and third, respectively.

In the discus throw event of girls' (U-17) category, Avantika Gargy (Patiala House), Nagina Sidhu (Nalagarh House) and Khushnaaz Brar (Tagore House) bagged the top spots.

Results:

Broad Jump (U-17 boys') - Armaan S Gurna (Tagore House) ; Arshdeep S Saini (Tagore House); Parth Kohli (Ranjit House).

1500m (U-17 boys') - Youngpreet S Sandhu (Ranjit House); Armaan S Gurma ( Tagore House); Saurabh Anand (Patiala House).

1500m (U-14 girls') - Arshpreet Matharu (Nalagarh House); Gureet Kaur (Nalagarh House); Alexia Verma (Aitchison House).

800m (U-12 boys') - Uday Gill (Ranjit House), Kamandeep Singh (Patiala House), Tanveer S Mangat (Tagore House).

1500m (U-19 girls')- Amandeep K Benipal (Aitchison House), Sirmrata Grewal (Aitchison House), Garima Pandey (Nalagarh House).

Javelin throw (U-19 boys') - Mandeep Singh (Patiala House), Gurjant Singh (Nalagarh House).

Broad jump (Class V) boys'- Gurcharan, Vanshdeep, Jasmol Singh.

Ball Throw (Class II) boys'- Rishi Raj Singh, Yash Raj Kabir.

200m (Class I) girls'- Arshiya Surya, Anya Paul, Chahat (I-A).

Broad jump (Class V) girls'- Aanvi, Manhar, Ananya.

Ball throw- Parisha Jaitely, Aashna, Tanvi Sharma.

50m girls'- Asees K Cheema, Gurnoor Kaur, Jasleen Kaur

50m girls'- Noorpreet Kaur, Anahat Kaur, Jasnoor Kaur.

50m girls'- Anaya Paul, Arshiya Surya, Antra (I-C).

50m boys' -Kunwar Singh, Anirudh Thakur, Kartikeyan.

50m boys'- Jasnoor Singh, Atharv Aggarwal, Mehtab Singh.

50m boys'- Arav, Aditya, Preetinder.

200m girls'- Asees, Ustat, Gurnoor.

4 X 50m shuttle relay (boys’) - Aditya, Rashit, Preetinder, Rudransh, Uday Singh, Aarnav, Anhad Singh, Ekam, Ranchit, Mansimar, Sehajbir, Armaan.

4 X 50m shuttle relay (girls’) - Janvi, Nimal, Chahat, Inayat, Arshiya, Rati, Preetika, Akshita, Jiah Kaur, Nysa, Swastika, Antara.

PU warns coaches
Tells them not to leak out departmental news to media
Deepankar Sharda
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 19
Director Sports (additional charge) of the Panjab University Sports Committee (PUSC), during the general body meeting on Monday, warned the coaches who were the whistleblowers of anti-department news. He demanded the termination of the alleged coaches who were in regular contact with media.

"Although it's an internal matter of the department but now that it has been discussed in front of the committee an enquiry is being marked into it. Two committees under the chairmanship of a PUSC's member will look into the matter and will come to a conclusion," said Dalbir Singh Minhas, vice-president of PUSC.

"The top man of the department claims to have all the call details. It is a case of 'spying'. Instead of sneaking into other's pocket, the department should overcome their internal politics and should concentrate on their job more. The department is constituted to improve sports not tarnish each other's image," said a source.

"The vice-chancellors' office hasn't received any intimation regarding this, but if this has happened, it is sheer imprudence. How could anyone sneak into private numbers and allege him or her of tarnishing the image of the department. As far as I am concerned, the office is not aware of any kind of committee being formed on this issue," said SL Verma, officer on special duty with vice-chancellor of PU.

FRIENDSHIP CRICKET SERIES
Satluj Public School log win
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, February 19
In the ongoing Friendship Cricket Series, the team of Satluj Public School defeated Satluj Stunners cricket academy by 6 runs today. After winning the toss, the winning side elected to bat first and scored 178 runs in the allotted slot 25 overs.

Shravan Sharma contributed 90 runs and he was equally supported by Shivanshu Sharma, who contributed 23 runs. Later, skipper, Sanjeev Dhiman contributed 25 runs in the team's total. From the bowling side, Saurav Kumar and Ankur Gupta took one wicket each.

In reply, the losing side was bowled out on a total of 173 runs in 24.2 overs. Saurav Kumar scored 57 runs off 63 balls while Abhishek Bahmani and Rishab Nischal contributed 29 runs off 31 balls and 25 runs off 15 balls respectively. From bowling side, Shubham Sheokand claimed 3 wickets while Sanjeev Dhiman claimed 2 wickets.

Brief scores:

Satluj Public School -178 for 5 in 25 overs (Shravan Sharma 90, Shivanshu 23, Sanjeev Dhiman 25, Saurav Kumar 1 for 21, Ankur Gupta 1 for 19).

Satluj Stunners Cricket Academy-173 allout in 25 overs (Saurav Kumar 57 , Abhishek Bahmani 29,Rishab Nischal 25, Shubham Sheokand 3 for 23,Sanjeev Dhiman 2 for 19).